EVENTS ACROSS AMERICA
Celebrate German heritage. From Oktoberfests to Christmas and Easter. Festivals are a great way to celebrate your German roots, make contact with new friends and keep traditions alive all year long. Find out what is going on in your area in our event sections. If you know of one happening in your area, add it on and let the celebrating begin.
Movie screening: "Trimpin: The Sound of Invention"
92YTribeca, 200 Hudson Street, Screening Room
Fri Mar 12th 2010 to Sat Mar 13th 2010
Location and times:
Friday, March 12, 2010, 7:00 p.m., and
Saturday, March 13, 2010, 7:00 p.m.
92YTribeca, 200 Hudson Street, Screening Room
Tickets: $12.00
"Trimpin: The Sound of Invention" is an amusing journey through the sonic world of an eccentric creative genius. German-born artist/inventor/engineer/composer Trimpin shuns the hype and hyperbole of the commercial art world - yet his freewheeling sculptures and outrageous musical experiments are cherished by museums all over the planet. Filmed over two years, this cinema verité documentary feature follows the artist/inventor as he devises a perpetual motion machine, builds a 20-meter tower of automatic electric guitars and collaborates with the Kronos Quartet on an outrageous world premiere. The film will delight anyone interested in the mysteries, pitfalls and sheer joy of creative experiment.
Director: Peter Esmonde. 79 min. 2008. HDCam.
Special preview screening. Director Peter Esmonde in person for post-screening Q&A.
Benefit Concert, UNICEF's Relief Effort for Haiti
57th Street and Seventh Avenue
Sun Mar 21st 2010
Benefit Concert in Support of UNICEF's Relief Effort in Haiti at Carnegie Hall
Sunday, March 21, 2010 at 8:30 PM
Carnegie Hall, Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage
57th Street and Seventh Avenue, New York
Tickets from $18 - $109
Three generations of classical artists - acclaimed pianist Lang Lang, legendary conductor Christoph Eschenbach and the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra - come together at Carnegie Hall for a benefit concert aiding UNICEF in their efforts to bring relief to the children surviving the devastating earthquake in Haiti. Eschenbach and Lang Lang had scheduled a 21 city North American tour celebrating their decade-long artistic collaboration, but when the devastating news of the earthquake broke, the artists felt compelled to bring their concert to New York for one night to support UNICEF’s efforts in Haiti.
The program for the evening features Beethoven’s "Leonora No. 3" Overture, Op. 72a; Mozart’s Piano concerto No. 17 in G Major, K.453; Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 1 (Classique) in D Major, Op. 25 and Piano concerto No. 3 in C Major, Op. 26.
"Contemporary German Art: The New York Experience"
Agora Gallery, 530 West 25th St
Tue Mar 23rd 2010 to Tue Apr 13th 2010
March 23, 2010 – April 13, 2010, Tues – Sat, 11a.m. - 6 p.m.
Opening reception: Thursday, March 25, 2010, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Agora Gallery, 530 West 25th St, New York City
The German Consulate presents the exhibition "Contemporary German Art: The New York Experience", a captivating survey of modern-day artists from Germany. The exhibition is an exciting collection offering New York art enthusiasts insight into the art movement in Germany today.
Featured Artists:
Dingo Babusch, Dr. Lusine Breitscheidel, Astrid Castillo Quesada, Zoran Gavric, Nadine Yvonne Jeners, CC Johnson, Brigitte Martha Keller, Martina Kolle, Christiane Lohrig, Peter Martin, Peter Rademacher, Pari Ravan, Fariba Roostaei, Michael B. Sky, Linde Unrein
Piano Virtuoso Joja Wendt at Dicapo Opera Theater
Dicapo Opera Theatre, 184 East 76th Street
Wed Apr 28th 2010
"The world's fastest piano player" Joja Wendt will perform his first international concert entitled "In 88 Keys Around The World" in New York.
Location and time:
April 28, 2010, 7:30 p.m.
Dicapo Opera Theatre, 184 East 76th Street, New York
Admission: $40